Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Muthulakshmi R, Visalakshi M, Aruna P and Manikanda Boopathi N

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance of field rose varieties for growth and yield parameters under open field condition at Horticultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore during the year 2021-2022. The experiment was carried out in Randomized Block Design with eleven treatments (Arka parimala, Arka pride, Arka savi, Arka sinchana, Arka swadesh, Seven days rose, Scent pink, Mirabel red, Roman red, Roman yellow and Mookuthi yellow) replicated thrice. From the analysed data there was significant variations among the evaluated varieties for vegetative and flowering parameters. The variety Scent pink recorded the maximum plant height (59.33 cm), maximum number of shoots per plant (6.67), maximum number of leaves (146.67), maximum diameter of fully opened flower (6.80 cm), longest flower stalk length (4.70 cm) and more number of flowers per plant (9.67) respectively. The variety Roman yellow recorded maximum flower stalk girth (1.50 cm). The variety Seven days rose recorded the maximum number of petals per flower (88.33) among the evaluated varieties.